#114 - December 2021 Part 2

The Discussion:


Jen becomes the Managing Editor of the Sky Guide app and
talks hazardous asteroids on BBC1’s Breakfast show

Observing Comet Leonard

Listeners emails on colonising the galaxy and killing Mars
potatoes



 


The News:


Recreating Mars in Antarctica

Future space tourists are unlikely to be getting official
astronaut wings

News ways to capture space debris

Elon Musk announces concerns over the viability of his
Starship rocket



 


The news discussion: With the recent Russian anti-satellite test,
are we headed for Kessler Syndrome?


 


Nebulas : Our new show segment replacing the concluded moons of
the solar system. This month we’re turning our attention to the
weird and wonderful nebulae that you can see through telescopes
or use to understand the interstellar medium and star formation.
This month we focus on Planetary Nebulae.


 


Q&A: How small would an asteroid need to be to enable a
14.5st human to jump up and that would be enough to reach escape
velocity? From our good friend Lee King (@tinyleaks on Twitter).